Another Big Year for Sport? Page 8 2019 Shapes As Big for Sport in Queensland As Last Year – Potentially, at Least
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Sportswatch Summer 2019 What’s Inside From the QSport Office Page 3 Move It AUS - Participation Page 5 Annual General Meetings on 27th March Page 6 The 18th Legend of Queensland Sport Mal Meninga being interviewed by The Courier-Mail Sunday Mail chief sports writer Robert “Crash” Craddock at the 2018 Queensland Sport Awards on 28 November last year at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre – a highlight of another successful Awards Presentation. SportAccord is coming to Australia for the first time in 2019 Another big year for sport? Page 8 2019 shapes as big for sport in Queensland as last year – potentially, at least. 24th Annual Queensland Sport Awards With 2018 a tale of two halves, this year could well end up the same, albeit Page 10 for different reasons. Five things, among others, stand out about last year – the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games that came and went and Sandpapergate that came Nominate a remarkable in the first half of 2018, then resurfaced in after effects on Cricket Australia’s Queenslander today. governance and management in the second half, along with a National Page 12 Sport Plan and a broad based consultation phase to underpin the ongoing development of the new Queensland Sport and Active Recreation Strategy for the next decade. 24th Annual Queensland 2019 will see all sorts of events unfold, including a Federal election, Sport Awards - Hall of Fame Queensland try to win back Origin supremacy and Australian cricket and Page 15 rugby union attempt to win back respect on field in England and Japan respectively and off field as well. 2019 Meetings / Activities / In Queensland, what’s in store for QSport and member State sporting Functions Schedule bodies for 2020 and beyond in terms of government support will be clear Page 22 midyear. So, 2019 arguably will be big for sport. Just how big will inevitably unfold. Sportswatch is a quarterly publication of QSport which is an independent collective of State sporting organisations established to enhance the development of sport in Queensland. Sportswatch aims to inform readers and views expressed in Sportswatch are not necessarily those of QSport. No responsibility is accepted by QSport for consequences emanating from actions or failures to act on material within this publication. For contributions, advertisements and enquiries, contact the QSport Office at Sports House, Cnr Castlemaine and Caxton Streets MILTON Q 4064 Telephone 07 3369 8955 Facsimile 07 3369 8977 Email [email protected] From the Welcome back to Sportswatch readers after financial support from its Industry Peak Body another end of one year/ start of another Program that will deliver $250,000 towards this hopefully energy recharging break. year’s program expenses. In the period between Xmas Eve and Australia Combined with sponsorship of the Sport Day, QSport member State sporting bodies, by Awards / Hall of Fame, it continues to have the and large but with notable exceptions in cricket, State Government as QSport’s largest single tennis, surf lifesaving and swimming, are in less contributor to the revenue that QSport gathers contact from Xmas Eve to Australia Day than in to carry out its annual program underpinning the the other eleven of each twelve months. sport industry based collective’s current strategic plan. With the majority of members’ sports being winter based, that’s not surprising as Boards That plan, ambitious as it is in the light of / Management Committees and staff take a resources available, requires not only government breather of sorts before February and the build- support but also that of other supporters in up proper to another year of competitions. sponsors, service suppliers and donors via the Australian Sports Foundation. For the small QSport Office, January was not so quiet as we prepared for the arrival of auditors While QSport enjoyed support from its mid month and put in place the essential numerically biggest list of sponsors and components of the QSport program of activities supporters in 2018, our net revenue injection was and events for 2019 before the QSport Board the lowest for some five years following a couple meets in late February to sign off on audited of significant reductions in the level of support financials for 2018 and the program and from a couple of our long standing sponsors. associated funding for this calendar year now underway. Bridging the gap to assist in avoiding returning to another period of annual deficits such as This edition of Sportswatch includes date claimers occurred in 2015-17 following reduced support for hardy annuals like the Queensland Sport from the Newman / Dickson LNP administration Awards / Hall of Fame Presentation in November is my challenge and will consume a fair portion of and the QSport AGM in March. my time in the months ahead. It also includes details of the program of activities That, ensuring we can meet our obligations that the QSport Office will coordinate / deliver and helping chart the way forward for sport for member bodies’ directors and senior staff, and others who can assist increase the level of including professional development covering physical activity in our community are enough to governance and other aspects of State sporting keep me, the QSport Office and the Board fully organisation activity. occupied as the year progresses. Much of this is carried out not only by QSport staff but also other parties who provide valued PETER CUMMISKEY OAM assistance, including the State Government via Chief Executive Officer Sportswatch - Summer 2019 3 Creating more to see and do in a clean and green Brisbane, so you can do more of what you love. Growing your Brisbane lifestyle 4 Sportswatch - Summer 2019 Move It AUS - Participation SportAustralia Targeting inactive Program Eligibility communities to build a To be eligible to apply for the Move It AUS - more active Australia. Participation Grant Program, applicants must be one of the following entity types and have been The Move It AUS - Participation Grant Program operating for 12 months or longer: provides support to help organisations get Australians moving and to support the aspiration Stream 1 to make Australia the world’s most active and healthy nation. Sporting Organisations (excluding National Sporting Organisations*) If successful, applicants will receive grants up to $1 million to implement community-based Non-Government Organisations (NGO)** activities that align to the outcomes of Sport including physical activity organisations***; 2030. and/or The objectives of the Grant Local Government Organisations. Program are: § The Australian Capital Territory Government does not have Local Getting inactive people moving in their local Government entities and is therefore community; eligible to apply. Building awareness and understanding of *As defined in Appendix A of the Program the importance of physical activity across all Guidelines stages of life; **NGO is defined as an organisation which is Improving the system of sport and physical neither a government department or a business activity by targeting populations at risk of operating for profit. inactivity, across all life stages; and ***Entities must have been operating with a Not Delivering ongoing impact through the for Profit status for at least 12 months development of sector capability (Stream 2 only). Stream 2 Grant streams National Sporting Organisations including National Sporting Organisations (NSO) and Two grant streams of funding are available to get National Sporting Organisations for people Australians moving and to support the aspiration with Disability (NSOD) as recognised by to make Australia the world’s most active and Sport Australia. (Please see Australian Sports healthy nation: Directory for a list of eligible organisations) Stream 1 - Grants between $25,000 and Eligible organisations may partner with other $250,000 to fund local sport and physical organisations, including those with more activity organisations. experience working with older Australians, to achieve program objectives (see Program Stream 2 - Grants between $100,000 and Guidelines). $1 million to fund the delivery of large scale initiatives through National Sporting Organisations. Please refer to the Move It AUS - Participation Program Guidelines for additional eligibility criteria. https://www.sportaus.gov.au/grants_and_funding/participation Sportswatch - Summer 2019 5 Annual General ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A Meetings on NEW STAFF MEMBER? th 27 March WHY NOT TRY A TRAINEE? QSport, the Queensland Olympic Council and It’s an affordable and hassle free Australian Commonwealth Games Association option for sporting bodies, clubs and any potential will hold their upcoming AGMs back-to-back, as employers. As the legal employer has been the case in recent years, again opting we take away the for lunch time gatherings at Sports House, Milton, HR headache. Brisbane on Wednesday, 27 March. Go on, provide a young person with the opportunity QSport CEO Peter Cummiskey says the back to to enter the workforce and back meetings enable busy administrators of the gain a qualification. States’ industry peak body member organisations and those Olympic sport members to optimise time and attendance at these annual gatherings. The QSport AGM will commence at 12noon, to Contact Shane Johnson and let us do the work for you. be followed by the QOC gathering from 12.45pm, followed by the Commonwealth Games at 1.45pm Phone: (07) 3217 3500 Mobile: 0415 599 615 Email: [email protected] Formal notices, agendas etc. will be forwarded AFLSPORTSREADY.COM.AU to individual members in line with constitutional requirements. 6 Sportswatch - Summer 2019 At iNSPIRE SPORT, we have created an App for young athletes, that provides them with high quality, educational content relating to general well-being, sports science and other aspects related to their training and performance. Whilst on their journey with us, our innovative software captures highly sort after wellness data on the athlete & allows them and their support staff to monitor their wellness over time.